“If you can be quiet, you’re more than welcome to stay in my House of Silence. Bring your own bubblegum ice cream. ”
“There's no way to earn it or deserve it or bring it about any more than you can deserve the taste of raspberries and cream or earn good looks or bring about your own birth.”
“The house is eerily quiet. All this time I thought silence would be a welcome reprieve, but it's less comforting than I imagined. The house feels so much bigger and colder than it ever has.”
“. . . and even the worst ice cream is better than no ice cream.”
“until you got ice cream spilled on you, you’re not doing field work”
“Welcome to my house! Enter freely. Go safely, and leave something of the happiness you bring.”